A Guide to Photographs of a World War I Monument 1992 World War I, Photographs, 1992 10875-am

A Guide to Photographs of a World War I Monument 1992

A Collection in
The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10875-am


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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
10875-am
Title
Photographs of a World War I Monument 1992
Physical Characteristics
4 items
Language
English
Abstract
Photographs depict the Caribou monument dedicated to a Canadian regiment which participated in the Battle of the Somme near Beaumont-Hamel, France. With the photographs is an explanatory letter from Frank Wall.

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Preferred Citation

Frank Wall, Photographs of a World War I Monument, 1992, in the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection, Accession #10875-am, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These items were given to the University of Virginia Library on December 15, 1995, by Matthew J. Bruccoli, Columbia, South Carolina.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection consists of a letter, September 8, 1992, from Frank Wall, Provincial Secretary, Newfoundland & Labrador Command, The Royal Canadian Legion, to Matthew J. Bruccoli, with three color photographs (1992) enclosed. According to the letter, the photographs were taken while Wall was on a pilgrimage to Beaumont-Hamel in 1992 and show the Caribou monument and name plaque dedicated to an unidentified regiment [from Newfoundland?] which participated in the Battle of the Somme, near Beaumont-Hamel, France.